20 Facts About Nelson Jobim

Nelson Azevedo Jobim was born on 12 April 1946 and is a Brazilian jurist, politician and businessman.

Nelson Jobim held the positions as congressman, Minister of Justice, Minister of Defense, Minister of the Supreme Federal Court, where he was president from 2004 to 2006.

Nelson Jobim is a member of the board of directors and responsible for institutional relations and compliance policies at BTG Pactual Bank.

Nelson Jobim is the son of the lawyer and former state deputy of Rio Grande do Sul Helvio Jobim and Nami Azevedo Jobim.

Nelson Jobim has two brothers, Walter Jobim Neto and Helvio Jobim Filho.

Nelson Jobim was married to Edmea Kruel Jobim, with whom he had three children.

Nelson Jobim attended the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre from 1964 to 1968, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Social and Legal Sciences.

Nelson Jobim taught philosophy of law and procedural law at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria.

Nelson Jobim was chairman of the sub-section of the Order of Attorneys of Brazil in Santa Maria from 1977 to 1978, and was vice president of the Rio Grande do Sul section of the Brazilian Bar Association from 1985 to 1986.

Nelson Jobim was a member of the Office of Lawyers of Rio Grande do Sul and the Institute of Brazilian Lawyers, based in Rio de Janeiro.

Nelson Jobim was an adjunct professor of the Department of Law for the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria from 1980 to 1986.

Nelson Jobim is Adjunct Professor of the Department of Law of the Universidade de Brasilia in the early 1990s.

Nelson Jobim served in Chamber of Deputies, from 1987 to 1995.

Nelson Jobim served as Minister of Justice, from 1 January 1995 to 7 April 1997, under the government of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso.

Nelson Jobim was nominated to join the Supreme Federal Court in February 1997.

Nelson Jobim was elected to Presidency of the Supreme Court on 19 May 2004, and assumed on 3 June 2004.

Nelson Jobim voluntarily retired from the Court shortly before the end of his term, on 6 March 2006.

Nelson Jobim was the Defense Minister of Brazil from July 2007 until August 2011.

In 2009, after the flight disappearance Air France Flight 447, Nelson Jobim worked with French Government to rescue the casualties.

Nelson Jobim continued to be part of the Board of Directors in addition to being responsible for Institutional Relations and Compliance Policies.